This is probably more than you want to know, or need to know, but my physician insisted that I go on a diet at the start of 2018.

Since I eat for a living — and have an appetite that makes my job fit my culinary needs just fine — I’ve been getting kind of large over the years. And perhaps even more importantly, many of my numbers have increased along with my waistline — my BMI, A1C, blood pressure, cholesterol.

But then, I’ve got food to eat, kitchens to assess, service to consider. And so, I committed myself to restaurants that offer foods that are, at least, healthier than the norm — with a minimum of deep-frying and a maximum of heart-healthy freshness. Which is easy in some cuisines, trickier in others.

But this I know: It’s not hard at all at the new branch of Green Zone Organic Pan-Asian Cuisine, a restaurant that’s committed to diet-friendly words like “organic,” “steamed,” seasonal” and, of course, “vegetables.”

For even though Green Zone isn’t a vegetarian restaurant, it is a restaurant where veggies are respected and revered. Beginning with its branch in one of those great Valley Boulevard minimalls where worthwhile restaurants stand elbow to elbow, moving through a now-shuttered version in the heart of trendy Old Pasadena, Green Zone has found a home in Camellia Square, where it’s a haven for at least relatively healthy dining — though thanks to the adjacent presence of a tea and dessert place called Meet Fresh, hardly alone.

This version of Green Zone is a long, narrow minimall storefront, the rear of which is particularly narrow, a hallway really, compressed by a glass-fronted kitchen on one side, with a counter and stools for those who want to watch the chefs grill organic veggies or crisp up some Murasaki yams — which are white yams rather than orange, and have done very well, being grown both in California and in North Carolina.

It’s not easy for Asian food to be healthy at the level that I needed — short, of course, of sushi and sashimi, which are by definition some of the healthiest foods on Earth (as long as you’re not concerned with eating raw fish). Lots of oil is used in the cooking, there’s a fair amount of deep-frying, and sodium is always an issue.

But at Green Zone, you do have a chance. Not just with a sliver of the menu, but with much of it. Beginning with the wonders of the beverage list — seven organic herbal teas, 10 organic traditional teas, seven organic hot drinks (the matcha latte is a joy; the goji berry, chrysanthemum and Imperata tea blend is amazing!) and more than a dozen cold drinks (try the organic cucumber mint refresher, which is just what it claims to be!).

And while you sip, there’s so much goodness to consider. I love the salmon triangles, with their delicate salmon mousse filling and a wasabi dipping sauce on the side. The Murasaki fries do not disappoint, but get them with the honey mustard sauce, not with ketchup.

Knowing that steaming is healthier than deep-frying, I lean strongly toward the combination of steamed cabbage gyoza and steamed chive gyoza.

And to keep things rolling along in the healthy lane, there are 10 exceptional salads — including a terrific mixed mushroom model with a miso lime dressing, and an Argentine red shrimp salad with flax seeds and dried berries. There’s a kale salad too. Because kale salad … is the law.

You can do well with the grilled organic chicken with Vietnamese coleslaw, and the poached Hainan chicken rice flavored with ginger-scallion paste. Chicken or beef satay comes in a hot pot with enoki mushrooms, with or without noodles.

The noodles here arrive in a wonderfully savory broth of pork and chicken bones that have been cooked for a minimum of 15 hours — long enough for them to melt away.

And though my girth didn’t melt away from this one meal, it felt very much right. Right enough for me to treat myself to some tasty mochi at the adjacent Meet Fresh. With some winter melon tea with lemon juice. Which kept me very much in my personal Green Zone.